Introduction

The Magento v1 API provides you with the ability to manage your eCommerce stores by providing calls for working with resources such as customers, categories, products, and sales orders. It also allows you to manage shopping carts and inventory.

In addition to the Core API, you can define custom resources and manage them through the API.

A v2 version of the API has been available since Magento 1.3, and a WS-I compliant version has been available since Magento 1.6. See API Version v2 for more information.